Bag-fastener.



No. 683,468. Patented Out. I, 190i.

H. W. HOWE.

BAG FAST'ENER.

(Applicafiion filed Jan. 15, 1901.)

(No Model.)

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY \V. HOWE, OF MEXICO, MEXICO, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO BURK FREISLEBEN, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

BAG-FASTEN ER.

SEEGIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 683,468, dated October 1, 1901.

Application filed January 15, 1901, Serial No. 43,407. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY W. HOWE, a citizen of the United States,residing at the city of Mexico, in the-Federal District and Republic of Mexico, have invented a new and useful Bag-Fastener,of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to bag-fasteners, the object in view being to provide in connection with a bag having one or more flaps a cord gripping fastener which is permanently connected with the bag and which has a portion thereof held under one of the flaps, the said fastener being associated with the bag during the process of manufacturing and being secured in place by the adhesive material which is employed to fasten down the flaps.

The bag-fastener consists of a cord and a cord-gripping device, and while the cord-gripping device is permanently connected with the bag in the manner described the cord may or may not be connected with the bag, according to preference.

The detailed objects and advantages of the invention will appear more fully in thecourse of the ensuing description.

The invention consists in a bag -fastener embodying certain novel features and details of construction and arrangement of parts, as hereinafter fully set forth, illustrated in the drawings, and incorporated in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a bottom perspective view of a flat bag, showing one of the fasteners and the'manner of connecting the cord therewith before and after the operation of passing the cord around the bag. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the fastener detached. Fig. 3 isa bottom plan View of a bag, showing a modified form of fastener and the manner of connecting one end of the wrapping-cord to the bag. Fig. 4 is a detail plan View of the fastener shown in Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a bottom plan'view of the bag, showing another form of fastener; and Fig. 6 isa detail plan View of the fastener shown in Fig. 5.

Similar numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all the figures of the drawlugs.

The bag-fastener contemplated in this invention may be constructed in any one of several forms and comprises, essentially, two

sets of reversely facing or extending cord-' gripping jaws 1, connected together.

I will first proceed with a description of the form of fastener illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2,

the same being formed of a piece of thin sheet metal cut or stamped out to provide parallel members 2 and connecting portions 3 and 4t. The parallel members 2 are provided with longitudinal slits 5, which extend in reverse 6o directions and into which the oppositely-extending, end portions of the wrapping-cord 6 are adapted to be jammed and securely held, as illustrated in Fig. l. The connecting portion 4, together with parts of the parallel members 2, forms the attaching portion of the fastener, which in practice is inserted under one of the flaps 7 of the bag, the bottom being formed by the flaps 7 and S, constituting extensions of the ends and sides of the bag, 8 indicating the end flaps and? the side flaps, all of the flaps being secured together in the usual manner by any suitable ad hesive material. It is to be understood that the attaching portion of the fastener is inserted and secured between the flaps or under the outermost flap during theprocess of manufacturing the bag, and in this way a firm connection is obtained between the fastener and bag, which will readily withstand the strain brought thereon by passing the wrappingcord around the bag.

The fastener illustrated in Figs. 3 and t may be formed from a single length of wire bent to form the parallel members 9, the con- 8 5 tion of fastener the connecting portion 10 and a part of each of the parallel members 9 form the attaching portion, which is secured beneath the outermost flap of the bag. By reference to Fig. 3 it will also be seen that a portion of the wrapping-cord 6 is inserted be- 5 tween the flaps or under the outer flap and is thus secured permanently to the bag during the process of gumming or pasting the flaps of the bag together. A separate and independent cord may, if desired, be used, however, in View of the fact that each of the parallel members 9 (shown in Figs. 3 and 4) car- Iries a pair of reversely-disposed cord-gripping jaws, thus enabling the cord to be engaged and gripped between the jaws at four difierent periods during the Wrappin g of the bag. 7

Another form of fastener is shown at Figs. 5 and 6. This fastener is also formed from a single length of Wire and is bent to comprise the parallel portions 12, the connecting portion 13, and the reversely-disposed gripping-jaws 14 on one of the parallel members 12. The other parallel member is laterally offset at 15, and such offset portion is re curved to form a cord-engaging hook 16. The extremity of said member 12 is also recurved to form an additional terminal hook 17. These hooks are provided for the purpose of enabling the cord after passing once around the bag to be carried off at right angles to the direction in which it previously passed around the bag and after thus passing along all sides of the bag to have its end secured in one of the cord-gripping jaws 14:. The fastener illustrated in Figs. 5 and 6 is also provided with a lateral olfset 18, extending from the side of the attached portion of the fastener for the purpose of obtaining an additional grip or hold upon the paper of which the flaps of the bag are formed, so as to more securely retain the fastener in place under the outer flap.

From the foregoing it is thought that the construction, operation, and many advantages of the herein-described bag-fastener will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art Without further description, and it will be understood that various changes in the form, proportion, and minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new, and desired to be secured by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination with a bag having united flaps, of a cord-grip held between the flaps, and a wrapping-cord having a part thereof held beneath one of the flaps.

2. The combination with a bag having united bottom flaps, of a bag-fastener comprising cord-gripping means, and an attaching portion which is fastened between the bottom flaps.

3. The combination With a bag having bot tom flaps secured by adhesive material, of a bag-fastener comprising an attaching portion secured under one of the flaps during the manufacture of the bag, and an exposed cordgripping portion.

4. The combination with a bag having bottom flaps secured by adhesive material, of a bag-fastener comprising an attaching portion held under one of the flaps, and an exposed portion having reversely-disposed cord-gripping aws.

5. The combination with a bag having united bottom flaps, of a bag-fastener comprising parallel members, a portion connecting said members and secured beneath one of the bottom flaps, and an exposed portion having reversely-disposed cord-gripping jaws.

6. Thecombination withabaghavingflaps, of a bag-fastener comprising cord-gripping means, an attaching portion which is fastened between the flaps, and a wrapping-cord having one end also held beneath the flaps contiguous to the attaching portion.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

HENRY W. HOWE. lVitnesses:

JAMES R. HARDY, M. E. GILMORE. 

